SkyScreamer ride to be built

In 2012, towering ride will swing guests at 40 mph.

By Guillermo X. Garciaggarcia@express-news.net

Updated 8:05 pm, Friday, September 2, 2011

SkyScreamer, a new 200-foot-tall tower ride that promises a panoramic view along with high-speed excitement, will be the newest attraction at Six Flags Fiesta Texas when it opens for the 2012 season, park officials said Thursday.

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Riders will sit two abreast in open-air swings spinning around the tower. At full swing, the ride will soar in a 98-foot circle at speeds of 40 mph, park officials noted.

“The ride will provide for a lengthy view from over the quarry walls clear to downtown and it should provide an interesting view” of the city skyline, said the park's communication director, Sydne Purvis.

The ride will debut next spring at the local park as well as at its New Jersey property. It is currently in operation at Six Flags parks in Vallejo, Calif., as well as in St. Louis.

The firm's announcement of the new ride's construction comes as it said it will be offering a four-pack of 2012 season passes at a discounted price of $56.99 each, plus tax, if purchased and processed by Oct. 30. The offer includes a free season parking pass.

Those passes will allow ticketholders to visit the park for the rest of the year for free. That would include admittance to the Halloween Fright Fest and the Christmas season's Holiday in the Park! The offer also includes four free passes for friends to attend Holiday in the Park!

Six Flags Entertainment Corp. is the world's largest regional theme park firm with 2010 revenues of nearly $1 billion from its 19 parks in the United States, Mexico and Canada.